Caucuses

Our focus is to address issues that impact the academic life and well being of faculty of African descent within the CSU and to build bridges across CSU caucuses that support systems of equity and social justice.

The API Caucus provides a forum for the inclusive community of Asian and Pacific Islander CSU faculty to join the voices of other CFA caucuses in promoting equity and social justice on campuses and CSU systemwide. The API Caucus seeks to mentor API faculty and students in their professional and academic development, and to encourage their active participation and leadership in the CFA. Additionally, the API Caucus embraces outreach and advocacy to address and effectively resolve issues facing API faculty and students as Faculty and Students of Color.

Six distinct Asian national origin groups now number more than a million in the United States. Attached is a June 2013 report prepared by John R. Logan and Weiwei Zhang from the Department of Sociology, Brown University, on the substantial differences among them and draws out some of their implications.

Mission Statement: The mission of the API Caucus is to increase the visibility and voice of Asian American and Pacific Islander American faculty at all levels within the California Faculty Association and the California State University system.

The CFA Chicanx/Latinx Caucus (Chx/LxC) formed in 2002. The caucus is a critical space for Chicanx/Latinx faculty at CSU to come together, voice our and our people’s concerns and aspirations, assert our needs both as faculty and as part of the Chicanx/Latinx community, all with the full support of our faculty union. In this and other ways, CFA is effectively championing and becoming an example of diversity both within CSU and in our society.

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I was a student at Roosevelt High School in 1967-68, and I first became aware of Sal Castro, during the Blow-outs and at Camp Hess Kramer, at Chicano Youth Leadership Camp. I was present during the meetings, rallies, and marches that followed the Walkouts and the arrests of Sal and others. However, my relationship with Sal began during the summer of 1968, when I attended the Upward Bound Program at UCLA. Sal was one of my teachers,

The purpose of the Disability Caucus is to identify and address issues that impact the academic life and well-being of CSU faculty with disabilities.

While the needs of disabled CSU students have rightfully received generous attention and accommodation in recent years, disabled CSU faculty remain to a great extent unacknowledged and underserved. The Disability Caucus aims, primarily, to provide faculty with disabilities with information about their rights to accommodation and how to go about seeking it. We invite disabled faculty to look to us for a sense of community, a refuge where they are safe from stigma and the risks of self-disclosure to administrators, students, and colleagues. We also intend to raise awareness in both the CFA and the CSU of the issues surrounding faculty disability, as well as each institution’s obligations, under the Americans with Disabilities Act and CSU policy, to provide reasonable accommodation of those needs.

Disability comes in many forms – temporary or permanent; mild or severe; visible (e.g., mobility impairment; severe visual impairment) or invisible (ranging from hearing impairment to illnesses such as asthma, cancer, or severe allergies, to psychiatric disorders). Along with the life challenges such impairments present, disabled faculty must live with anxiety surrounding their acceptance by those around them, and even potential threats to their retention and promotion. Our mission is to help them with their immediate needs, while striving to increase understanding of, and respect for, disabled faculty among administrators, colleagues, and students.

Vision Statement

The Mission of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus is to advocate for and legitimatize a place for the full recognition of the diversity represented by Indigenous Peoples in the California State University (CSU) system. The Indigenous Peoples Caucus seeks to mobilize CFA support of Native Nations and Indigenous Sovereignty, and acknowledge Indigenous rights to land, water and life.

The IPC officially launched their efforts toward the CFA’s commitment to antiracism and social justice work by showcasing the movie More Than A Word (MTAW) at the 2018 Equity Conference in Los Angeles California on March 16th 2018.

The Mission of the LGBT caucus is to advocate for and legitimatize a place for the recognition of the aspect of diversity represented by the presence of LGBT individuals in the CSU system. To recognize that LGBT individuals come from all communities and that many LGBT individuals will not be “out” in their workplace; this does not diminish these individuals’ need for the same protections. The caucus works towards a CSU which provides a safe environment for all members of the CSU community and fosters scholarship in issues relating to LGBT life and issues.

This conference, which will be held May 4 at CSU Stanislaus, will bring together the local and regional transgender and gender-nonconforming community and their allies for education, advocacy and community building.

There also will be a special focus on the ethnic diversity of the region.

As a prospective student, it’s your job to find a college where you can thrive. This is particularly important for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ). Additionally, not all universities create supportive environments for students who identify as intersex, pansexual, asexual, questioning or have a non-conforming gender identity. College is challenging and expensive for everyone, but if you’re LGBTQ, the campus climate can make– or break– your experience.

The CFA Teacher Education Caucus is a group of teacher educators and allies who envision public schools as sites for promoting social justice, and want to mobilize the support of CFA to resist recent state and national legislation crafted by the far right.